A 2R[subscript ⊕] Planet Orbiting the Bright Nearby K Dwarf Wolf 503

Since its launch in 2009, the Kepler telescope has found thousands of planets with radii between that of Earth and Neptune. Recent studies of the distribution of these planets have revealed a gap in the population near 1.5-2.0 R [subscript ⊕], informally dividing these planets into "super-Earth...

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Main Authors: Peterson, Merrin S. (Author), Benneke, Björn (Author), David, Trevor J. (Author), Dressing, Courtney D. (Author), Ciardi, David (Author), Schlieder, Joshua E. (Author), Petigura, Erik A. (Author), Mamajek, Eric E. (Author), Christiansen, Jessie L. (Author), Quinn, Sam N. (Author), Fulton, Benjamin J. (Author), Howard, Andrew W. (Author), Sinukoff, Evan (Author), Beichman, Charles (Author), Latham, David W. (Author), Yu, Liang (Author), Arango, Nicole (Author), Shporer, Avi (Author), Henning, Thomas (Author), X. Huang, Chelsea (Author), Kosiarek, Molly R. (Author), Dittmann, Jason (Author), Isaacson, Howard (Author), Crossfield, Ian Jm (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2019-06-25T16:58:47Z.
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